Inmate escapes Ewing correctional facility

EWING — Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped the Jones Farm Correctional Sunday night.

Corrections officials noticed something was amiss when Eloy Sanchez, 27, was not present at evening roll call at 6:30 p.m., it is unclear how exactly he escaped the facilty. Sanchez had been staying at the Ewing facility since late January after being convicted on robbery charges.

“He was seven months away from parole,” DOC spokesman Matthew Schuman said. “When we catch him, he’s going to have 3-to-5 years added on to his sentence.”

Jones Farm is a minimum security facility, where inmates are often allowed outside to do farm work like milking cows and and feeding calves, Schuman said. If Sanchez is captured, he will be sent to a more secure facility.

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“Most inmates like it because they spend time outside instead of being a cell all day,” Schuman said.

Sanchez is a 5-foot-11 hispanic male weighing 145 pounds with black eyes, brown hair and light facial hair. He also has tattoos on both sides of his neck.

Anyone who has seen Sanchez should notify local police, call 911 or call DOC at 800-523-3829.